and that is 30 provinces as big as countries. the come nist party's important for the -- communist party's important for the current world situation in the sense that china is a major global power. whatever china does has an impact on any major country from the united states to australia. >> from the university of sydney, thank you, sir, for joining us. and a day of mass plow tests in the u.k. -- of mass protests in the u.k. over pensions and pay. >> hundreds of thousands of public workers here in the u.k. were on strike for proposed cuts to their pensions. the unions say half a million people stopped work. schools, gration and other government -- immigration and other government agencies were affected. >> strike day. the one in a saves their pensions or the first in a bitter battle with the government. -- the one that saves their pensions or the first in a bitter battle with the government. for most, it was about their own retirement. they say they shouldn't pay more to pay for bankers' mistakes. ministers say their pensions are